1647 in science
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The year 1647 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Astronomy
- Johannes Hevelius publishes the first comparatively detailed map of the Moon in his Selenographia, sive Lunae descriptio (Danzig).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Births
- January 17 – Elisabeth Hevelius, Danzig astronomer (died 1693)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- March 20 – Jean de Hautefeuille, French inventor (died 1724)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- April 2 – Maria Sybilla Merian, German lepidopterist (died 1717)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- August 22 – Denis Papin, French physicist (died c. 1712)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- December 7 – Giovanni Ceva, Italian mathematician (died 1734)
Deaths
- March 29 – Charles Butler, English beekeeper (born 1560)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 8 – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (born 1562)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- October 25 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (born 1608)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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